5/31/2011 @ 4:20PM

Full List: The World's 50 Highest-Paid Athletes

No. 8 Alex Rodriguez

$35 million

Baseball

Age: 35

A-Rod was the top unsecured creditor when the Texas Rangers filed for bankruptcy last year. He was owed $24.9 million in deferred compensation from the record-breaking $252 million contract he signed with Texas in 2000.